The Los Angeles Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers have met up several times already this NBA season, playing three times prior to this Monday night meeting. In those three games, the home team has won all three contests, with the Trail Blazers looking to make it four out of four in this contest. In our NBA picks for Monday night, we look at Clippers vs Trail Blazers and determine whether or not the Clippers can buck the trend of home teams holding serve in this series.
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Clippers vs Trail Blazers Betting Pick
This game will be played at Moda Center at 10:00 PM ET on Monday, December 6, 2021.
Why Bet The Clippers:
✅ The home team has won the first three meetings between these teams so far this season. But the Portland Trail Blazers are absolutely mangled by injuries coming into this game. Damian Lillard, Anfernee Simons and Nassir Little are all set to miss this game for the Trail Blazers. And while CJ McCollum should play for Portland, he isn’t at 100% either.
✅ Portland, by the way, has lost five of its last six games and has looked completely lost without Lillard in their lineup. Their lone win over this recent stretch came against the Detroit Pistons, who are a professional basketball team in name only after a 4-18 start to this season has put them at the bottom of the league.
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✅ The Clippers haven’t been great lately either, losing four of their last five. But they are a better defensive team, allowing 6.7 points per game less than Portland this season. And with Nic Batum being the only key player missing from their current rotation, the Clippers should be able to pick up a road win here.
Los Angeles Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers are coming off of a stretch where they have split their last two games, but have lost four of their last five. Their lone win during this recent run of poor form came against the Lakers at Staples Center, with two losses to the Kings and losses to the Pelicans and Warriors dropping them to 12-12 on the year. Here, the Clippers look to take advantage of a wounded Trail Blazers team to get back above .500.
How Paul George plays will have a lot to do with the outcome of this game, unsurprisingly. George already has a 40-point game against the Trail Blazers this season, and has shot over 40% from three-point range in two of their three previous meetings. If George can continue to shoot well from distance, the Clippers could pick up the first road win in this season series for the year.
Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers have fallen on hard times lately, losing six of their last seven games while the injury bug has limited them severely. Damian Lillard has been missing time due to injury, with multiple key role players also being sidelined for Portland. CJ McCollum has not been able to shoulder the scoring burden, but he will have to for the Trail Blazers to beat the Clippers here.
Defense has been a huge issue for the Trail Blazers during this recent stretch of losses, as they have allowed 114 or more in all six of the games they have lost over their last seven contests. In their last game, they gave up 145 to a Celtics team that was on the second night of a back to back after playing the Jazz the night before. A similar defensive performance could lead to yet another Portland defeat on Monday night.